The pro-Russian rebels currently holding lands in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have set up a football union and prioritized organising a domestic championship as well as a national side to eventually take on Ukraine.
The rebels, who refer to their administration as the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), officially launched their Football Union over the weekend and in their first general meeting announced their goals for the future on their website.
Now Donetsk separatists are eyeing several football projects, one of which aims to develop major, youth and junior football leagues out of entirely new teams according to an announcement published on Monday …read more
Source: Newsweek
